Hedden put Texas ahead 1-0 with just over a minute remaining in the opening period. Picking up the puck from Brett Ritchie in the IceCaps’ zone, Hedden waltzed in on goal and wristed it top corner, glove side, on Hutchinson.

Texas extended its lead to two at the 4:59 mark of the second, when Ritchie – using the defender as a screen – wristed a shot from the high slot that eluded Hutchinson over the blocker.

The IceCaps cut the deficit in half at 11:06, however, on a goal from Hill. Taking the feed from Jason Jaffray, Hill fired a point shot that made its way through traffic and beat Nilstorp stick side.

Then, with 3:02 remaining in the frame, Lunden potted the equalizer for the IceCaps. Finishing off a tic-tac-toe passing play with Zach Redmond and Will O’Neill, Lunden took the cross-ice dish from Redmond and tapped it into the open goal to make it 2-2.

Riley gave St. John’s the go-ahead goal 6:33 into the final frame, when he picked off an errant Texas pass in their own zone, walked in all alone, and wristed it top shelf on Nilstorp.

The Stars tied things up at three goals apiece with 6:34 left. After Justin Dowling threw the puck on goal from the corner, it hit Hedden in front and deflected in past Hutchinson. After a lengthy review, it was deemed a good goal and for the third straight game, the teams were forced to decide things in overtime.

In the extra frame, the IceCaps’ best chance came from Eric O’Dell just over four minutes in, who forced Nilstorp to make a quick glove save to keep him from firing home the winner.

But it was Nemeth who scored the Calder Cup-winning goal at 14:30, after he make a slick move in the slot and deked before backhanding a shot top shelf to seal it for the Stars.

Greatest year of hockey I've been apart of. Love this team so much. Amazing guys. Thank you St.John's for another outstanding year. #IceCaps